The cinematography was refreshing and visually stunning on my 53" widescreen HDTV, but the mood was rather bleak. Be prepared for a slooooooooooooow ride and a WTF when it's over.
My thoughts on the movie "Solaris"
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As I got done saying in another thread, I HATED that movie. It was very well shot and acted, and the FX are totally top notch... but my god, I have never seen a story so waste its potential! The setup alone lent itself great to ideas of psychological horror, some manner of mystery investigation, even a pure sci fi exploration story.
Instead we get Clooney pining for his dead wife for 100 minutes. And did anyone else think the wife was a total ditz? Sure she was good looking and all, but there were instances I wanted to slap her for being so stupid. I suppose you can blame the setting, but when I went to see it, I was expecting something more than a microscopic examination of a psychologist who is unable to help himself as he slips over the edge into... what, insanity? Death?
Rarely have movies bored me so.
-- Jack
I should be subjected to brainless action every ten minutes; every fifteen when factoring in gratuitous nudity.
-- Opposable Thumb Films, The Delta Force
Instead we get Clooney pining for his dead wife for 100 minutes. And did anyone else think the wife was a total ditz? Sure she was good looking and all, but there were instances I wanted to slap her for being so stupid. I suppose you can blame the setting, but when I went to see it, I was expecting something more than a microscopic examination of a psychologist who is unable to help himself as he slips over the edge into... what, insanity? Death?
Rarely have movies bored me so.
-- Jack
I should be subjected to brainless action every ten minutes; every fifteen when factoring in gratuitous nudity.
-- Opposable Thumb Films, The Delta Force
Wow..i was JUST talking about this movie with somone a little over an hour ago. Now i definitely have to see it.
I never saw the new one, but I saw the original one, and just couldn't finish it. Sounds like it hasn't gotten better since then.
OrganizedChaos
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Yeah, it does have some b!tchin' previews, I will give it that.
As for its sci-fi content... it's set on a space station in orbit around an alien planet. Really, that's it. You see some nifty sets and some great model work. The rest is a psych examination. This is definetly a movie for ppl to avoid at all costs. Unless you're an insomniac of course.
-- Jack
AFTERTHOUGHTS: My brain hurts.
-- Jabootu's Bad Movie Dimension, Frankenstien Island
Eh, I kind of liked it. Looked pretty badass on my 57 widescreen HDTV so that has been known to skew my movie ratings. But if you have a nice TV, it's definitely worth watching just for the visuals alone imho.
Yeah, I just finished watching it. My initial thoughts are that this movie was good, except for the whole story. How can Clooney and Soderbergh team up to make such a piece of crap!!?
I would have enjoyed this movie if I were high, but, unfortunately, I wasn't.
I would have enjoyed this movie if I were high, but, unfortunately, I wasn't.
Schadenfroh
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I saw it on a plane, and thought it sucked then. I found myself removing the headphones and staring at the back of the seat ahead of me for the last hour, so if that's more entertaining, something's wrong.
NO, the book is cool, I read it for 6 hours and finished on a long train journey.
However, the moive sucks so much! You cannot get the feeling in the reading.
However, the moive sucks so much! You cannot get the feeling in the reading.
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